Strainer
- Object Name:
- Strainer
- Object ID:
- 1969.005.089.3
- Creator:
- Pargeter, Richard
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1730-1740
- Description:
- Mote Spoon. Silver. Rounded handle tapering to pointed, spade tip. Handle flattened above oval bowl with swage design shell and floral scroll drop on back. 20 pierced scrolls at ends around cluster of 9 crosses pierced in center of bowl. Stamped mark on reverse of handle: "RP" upper case Roman letters in plain rectangular block. Tag attached to bowl by string assigns spoon to Robert Pargeter of London entered 1730.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.9 L-5.1 inches
- Provenance:
- The Josiah Abbott Dadmun (1840-c.1925) and Susan Dadmun (1844-c.1934) Collection is a bequest of their daughter, Helen I. Dadmun (Mrs. Frank C.) Doble (1881-1969). Mrs. Doble's bequest includes: New Hampshire and other silver, wallpaper samples, fans, personal items, and birchbark pictures made by E. H. Merrill.
- Credit Line:
- Josiah Abbott Dadmun and Susan Dadmun Collections, Bequest of Helen I. Dadmun Doble
- People:
- Pargeter, Richard, Dadmun, Josiah A. (1840-1924), Dadmun, Susan (1844-1936), Doble, Helen I. (1881-1968)
- Subjects:
- Silver, Tea, Tea ceremonies, Imports, Trade
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